creole cajun recommendations

[KitchenHound]

Greetings all. My partner is having a huge craving for true and authentic Creole/Cajun/New Orleans food, but I have no clue where to look. Can y'all help with some ideas? Will travel to any part of the Bay Area. Thank you!!

[jwurfl]

Check out Yats, Its all good.

[slew]

If you go to Yats, expect long lines if you're not there early... Love their po boys... :)

http://www.whereyats.com/

[KitchenHound]

yum! sounds great. I will have to check it out. Thanks.

[Zeldog]

I work a couple of blocks away from Yats and have had lunch there a few times. The poboys are sometimes very good (shrimp) and sometimes lousy (roast beef). And long lines? There's never been more than one person ahead of me when I've eaten there.

As for the dishes other than sandwiches, I can't say, but the prices are rather high for such a dive, and not being all that impressed with the sandwiches I haven't tried the rest of the menu.

[potatoe]

i love the front porch on 29th st. at mission

[KitchenHound]

very cool. Thank you. Can't wait to try it!

[bayareatiger]

South Looziana ex-pat here. Here's the way I see it.

East Bay (Berkeley)- Angeline's FOUR STARS

Great etouffee(esp. over the fried grits), fried chicken, BBQ shrimp, beignets, pecan pie

SF - Yats FOUR STARS

Great etouffee, drippin's poboy, gumbo

Peninsula (San Mateo) - Gator's Neo Soul Kitchen THREE STARS

Great jambalaya, cheesy grits, Missippi mud pie

South Bay (San Jose)- Po House Bistro TWO STARS

Great muffaletta sammich, beignets, jambalaya

Laissez le bon temps roulez!

[lexdevil]

I've really enjoyed Angeline's. A co-worker who is originally from LA gave it the thumbs up, as did his father on a recent visit to the Bay Area.

[bayareatiger]

The head chef Brandon Dubea is from my hometown of Baton Rouge.

Podnah sure knows how to cook man yeah.

[Cynsa]

links

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Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen
2261 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

Gator's Neo-Soul Cafe
129 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401

Poor House Bistro
91 S Autumn St, San Jose, CA 95110

Yats New Orleans Original Po Boys
1609 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[rworange]

link

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Gator's Neo-Soul Cafe
129 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401

Poor House Bistro
91 S Autumn St, San Jose, CA 95110

Yats New Orleans Original Po Boys
1609 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[limareni]

You might want to try CreoLa in San Carlos on El Camino.

[senestro]

Big fan of Angeline's also; everything I've had there was outstanding. I also want to recommend Brenda's in the Tenderloin (SF): the gumbo there is deeply satisfying, the grits are some of the best I've ever had, and they make wonderful beignets (the crawfish beignets are the best). Be warned, though, it's tiny and fills up fast.

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Brenda's French Soul Food
652 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94102